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‘Woke Kindergarten’ in California Blows Money on Odd Curriculum, Pensions
Topline: A California school spent $250,000 in federal funds to hire a teacher training service called Woke Kindergarten, but after two years student performance got even worse, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. An audit by researchers at OpenTheBooks.com revealed that almost two-thirds of employees at the low-income, underperforming Glassbrook Elementary School are making six-figure salaries. Retired… -
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California Carveout: Newsom Donor Exempted From California’s Fast-Food Wage Hike
Advocates of command economies argue that government regulation of wages, prices, and production will lead to a more equitable allocation of income and wealth. But that’s hardly the case under California’s new fast-food command economy. An unusual exemption from California’s new $20 minimum wage requirement for fast-food workers appears aimed at propping up at least… -
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University of California Officials Delay Plan to Hire Illegal Immigrant Students
The University of California Regents delayed a plan that would have allowed illegal immigrant students to have jobs on campus, Politico reported. The UC Regents voted on Thursday to put the plan on hold for at least a year, according to Politico. The Department of Homeland Security previously pressed UC officials to reconsider the plan, which it saw as… -
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Saying ‘Gender Is Binary and Cannot Be Changed’ Got an Award-Winning California Teacher Fired. He’s Fighting Back.
A gay fifth grade teacher in Glendale, California, is suing the Glendale Unified School District after he was suspended and then fired for condemning transgender ideology at a school board meeting in April. Ray Shelton, a 25-year veteran teacher, spoke at a Glendale Unified school board meeting amid concerns over the district’s promotion of LGBTQ+… -
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California Mom Urges Supreme Court Review After Child Lost to Suicide
A California mother who lost her daughter to suicide after transitioning and was removed from her custody for not supporting her gender identity filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case from another mother in Indiana facing the loss of custody for not supporting her daughter’s gender transition. Abigail Martinez… -
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California Counties Making Mask Mandates Grate Again
Five counties in California implemented mask mandates for some areas on Wednesday as a precautionary measure ahead of flu season, Los Angeles' KABC-TV News reported. Staff members at hospitals and doctors' offices in Alameda, San Mateo, Contra Costa, and Sonoma counties must now wear masks when interacting with patients, according to KABC Channel 7. Santa Clara County… -
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California Taxpayers Paying to Fund LGBTQ Group Fighting Parental Notification
Over the summer, when a Southern California school board opposed a new state-determined social studies curriculum that included a bio of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a threatening tweet calling out the school board president by name. “This isn’t Texas or Florida. In the Golden State, our kids have the… -
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California School Tries to Keep 11-Year-Old Jewish Victims Quiet With Gag Order
A California school district forced four Jewish students to remain silent after they became targets of antisemitic harassment and now is misusing a federal law to prevent anyone from holding administrators accountable. The social media account Libs of TikTok posted a report Monday of a verbal attack on four 11-year-old Jewish students at a California… -
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California’s Environmental Regulations Are Crushing Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Peter Brothers Trucking delivers goods all across America. Owner Brian Wanner says Pennsylvania bureaucrats now are driving him out of his home state. “We have no say,” complains Wanner in my new video. “We can’t do anything about it.” “No say” because Pennsylvania’s new rules don’t come from Pennsylvania. They come from California. “I… -
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California Freelancer Says She Questioned How She Would ‘Survive’ Under This State Law
A freelance writer and editor is speaking out about the negative effects of a recent California law, saying she questioned how she was “going to survive” after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the legislation, known as AB 5. “The law … was signed … on Sept. 18, 2019, and when I woke up that morning and… -
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Pirates in California? In 2023? The Coast Guard to the Rescue!
The city of Oakland, California, is dealing with pirates—not as a fantastical feature of a new Disney film, but as a genuine feature of liberal policies and weak district attorneys in American cities. They are not the sort of pirates swinging from ropes aboard tall ships like in “Pirates of the Caribbean,” but instead are… -
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Two Dueling Court Rulings on Parental Notification in California. What Happens Next?
A Southern California school district requires teachers and staff to notify parents when their children say they have been bullied, are considering self-harm, or decide to publicly identify as a gender opposite their biological sex at school. But California’s Democratic attorney general, Rob Bonta, sued the district to block that policy, claiming that it violates… -
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EXCLUSIVE: California AG Defies Court Order on Transgender Parental Notification, Lawyers Say
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—California Attorney General Rob Bonta has defied a court order by directing school districts to adopt policies that allow them to hide a student's claimed transgender identity from parents or guardians, despite a federal judge's ruling that such policies likely violate the U.S. Constitution, lawyers say. Bonta, a Democrat, sent a… -
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Gavin Newsom Sends a Clear Message to Parents in California
Will the government take your child away because you don’t buy into radical gender ideology? Well, if you live in California, it’ll certainly try. While Gov. Gavin Newsom surprisingly vetoed the bill that would have forced parents to accept their child’s gender identity, that veto can still be overridden by the state Legislature. In child… -
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California Sues Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers for Reversing Abortions
Have you ever wanted to be a political punching bag? Try opening a pro-life pregnancy resource center in California. Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, announced a lawsuit Thursday against two faith-based organizations, Heartbeat International and RealOptions Obria, that operate pro-life pregnancy resource centers in California and provide abortion pill reversal services. This is not the first… -
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Newsom Vetoes Bill Requiring California Parents to Affirm Kids’ ‘Gender Transitions’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a state measure on Friday that would have required parents to “affirm gender transitions” for their children or risk losing custody. State Democrats’ bill, AB 957, cleared both the California Senate and the Assembly along party lines two weeks earlier on Sept. 8. AB 957 would have added “gender affirmation”—a… -
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Biden Admin, California Regulators Aim to Force Carmakers to Produce ‘100% Electric’ Vehicles, Heritage Expert Warns
The Biden administration and regulators in California are “trying to force the auto industry to convert its production of vehicles from gas-powered vehicles to electric vehicles,” warns Steve Bradbury, a distinguished fellow at The Heritage Foundation. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) “And they really have in mind a ramp… -
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‘Muzzling Speech’: Federal Appeals Court Shoots Down California Gun Ad Law
A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled against a California law banning certain gun advertisements. The California law prohibits firearm advertisements that could be construed as “designed, intended or reasonably appears attractive to minors.” But since minors can't purchase firearms, and California already takes steps to prevent youth gun violence, the laws serves the purpose of… -
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‘Double Standard’: Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Christian Athletic Club Ousted From California School District
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a California school district violated the rights of a Christian athletics club by forcing it off campus. In 2019, the San Jose Unified School District derecognized the Fellowship for Christian Athletics after a teacher made complaints that the club was sharing its faith on campus, which included… -
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BEWARE: California Bills Headed to Newsom’s Desk Will Launch a Transgender Inquisition Targeting Parents
“We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children” might as well become the new slogan of the Golden State. California’s Legislature has passed—or is about to pass—a slew of bills aimed at undermining the rights of parents (and potential foster parents) who disagree with the transgender worldview. What would the state need to launch…